UNDER its five-year growth programme Switzerland-based freight player Kuehne + Nagel will acquire three companies in South America, giving it…
January 2011
CEVA expands into Africa, Asia
19 / 01 / 2011
CEVA Logistics will expand into West Africa and Central Asia thanks to the growing energy industry’s move into the two…
Maximus Air Cargo adds three to fleet
19 / 01 / 2011
THE UAE’s largest cargo aircraft operator has bumped up its fleet to 11 following the acquisition of three Airbus A300-600…
ACS opens Brazilian office
18 / 01 / 2011
IN a move to negotiate better rates with local operators and offer savings to its existing client base for any…
Cargo plans secured for north India
18 / 01 / 2011
INDIA’s northern tip is to be home to a new international cargo airport and a permanent cargo centre. The Airports…
Cargo up 10 per cent in Israel
18 / 01 / 2011
DESPITE recent US condemnation on its safety record, Israel has seen total air cargo movements escalate 10 per cent in…
The floating future of air cargo
17 / 01 / 2011
A HELIUM-propelled hybrid airship, which can carry a maximum payload of 200,000kg, about 80 per cent more than a 747…
Saudi Airlines adds Chad to cargo network
17 / 01 / 2011
SAUDI Airlines Cargo (Saudia Cargo) adds a sixth cargo destination to its African network following an agreement with UAE-based Fast…
Yemen and EU in ban talks
17 / 01 / 2011
BOLSTERED by the news of the UAE lifting its ban on accepting cargo shipments, Yemen held fresh talks on 16…
Hactl scores a record year
17 / 01 / 2011
HONG Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) handled 249,694 tonnes of cargo in December last year, a 7.4 per cent…
TSA targets 2011 screening date
16 / 01 / 2011
AS details surrounding Al-Qaeda’s air cargo bomb plot emerge, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has brought forward its 100 per…
Aircastle leases two B747-400 freighters
16 / 01 / 2011
TWO Boeing 747-400 production freighter aircraft bought by Aircastle in November last year have now been delivered on long-term leases….
Airbus orders leave Boeing behind
16 / 01 / 2011
IN another transatlantic battle Airbus has flown ahead of its US rival Boeing in aircraft orders for 2010. Out of…
CIS approves AEI conversion imports
13 / 01 / 2011
AERONAUTICAL Engineers (AEI) has received approval to import its 737-300SF and 737-400SF passenger-to-freighter conversions to the Commonwealth of Independent States…
Air France-KLM sees shallow growth
13 / 01 / 2011
DISRUPTIVE winter weather may have cost it €70 million (US$93.4 million) in revenues but Air France-KLM cargo traffic still grew…
Transmile sells freighters to FedEx
13 / 01 / 2011
MALAYSIA’S Transmile Group is selling off four aircraft to FedEx while it negotiates debt restructuring. The used aircraft sale and…
Boeing loses US$600m on Guggenheim exit
12 / 01 / 2011
AVIATION asset manager Guggenheim Aviation Partners showed Boeing time really is money after cancelling its order for two new 747-8…
Emirates SkyCargo completes record flight
12 / 01 / 2011
THE freight division of Emirates airline, Emirates SkyCargo, has recorded its longest non-stop flight to date from Down Under to…
Pilot strike goes Evergreen
12 / 01 / 2011
MORE than five years’ worth of salary talks at Evergreen International Airlines have resulted in crewmembers voting in favour of…
Atatürk Airport officials arrested
11 / 01 / 2011
FOLLOWING six months of police monitoring Customs officials at Istanbul’s main Atatürk Airport have been arrested on charges of bribery….
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